Monday, November 15, 2010

Cheerios Spoonful of Stories Giveaway


As a mom there are some simple pleasures in life.  A good cereal that your kids actually want to eat without dumping an entire bowl of sugar on it.  When said cereal has a good book inside as a prize instead of a plastic toy that I am going to want to throw the first time the kids aren't looking.  When said book is easy to get out of the box without having to dig through the cereal.

Cheerios has always been one of our favorite cereals, with or without milk, and right now with Cheerios Spoon Full of Stories Initiative you get one of five great children's books in each specially marked box and they will make a $300,000 financial donation to First Book, an award-winning national nonprofit that helps get books into the hands of children in need.

Good cereal, good books, and a good cause.  You can't really beat that for breakfast in the morning!

Cheerios sent me a prize pack that included a box of Cheerios, all five of the books you will find in the specially marked Cheerios boxes and a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble.  They want to send you a prize pack too!

To enter to win, leave a comment on this post telling me about your favorite book to read to children.

Want a second entry?  Check out the books offered through the Cheerios Spoon Full of Stories and let me know which one you think will be your favorite.

(Ruby's favorite is Chaucer's First Winter by Stephen Krensky),

You have until 11:59 PM (CST) on Wednesday November 17, 2010 to enter to win.  Winner will be chosen at random from all entries and announced on Thursday November 18th.









Cheerios, through My Blog Spark, sent me information about the Spoon Full of Stories Initiative and the prize pack mentioned in this post



100 comments:

  1. Well, its gotta be the Bible. That the original of every good story in my humble opinion!

    Blessings-
    Amanda

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  2. My favorite book to read to my kids is "I Love You the Purplest" by Barbara Joosse.

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  3. My favorite Book to read to my children is "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein. it has such a sweet message.

    August

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  4. I love Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton

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  5. I am pretty sure "No T.Rex in the Library" would be the favorite around here. :0)

    August

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  6. No T Rex in the Library looks like a fun one :)

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  7. I think my kids would like "Chaucer's First Winter" by Stephen Krensky.

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  8. I agree..No T Rex in the Library looks fun!!

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  9. Right now my favorite book to reado to my son is The Polar Express...he loves it ;)

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  10. I think the T rex one looks great

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  11. I'd Be Your Princess by Kathryn O'Brien
    loribunk@gmail.com

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  12. This is such a dumb choice, but it's "Are you My Mother" of Seuss-lore. I do voices with it, and even at 6, 8, and 11, they crack up and don't want anyone else reading it to them!

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  13. I think "No T Rex in the Library" is already a favorite of Ethan's, that would be my choice!

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  14. My kids love "Duck on a Bike." some great illustrations.

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  15. I'm guessing my kids would enjoy "No T Rex in the Library."

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  16. I like to read them the very hungry caterpillar by eric carle.

    gina.m.maddox@gmail.com

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  17. I think my son would enjoy

    Jump! by
    Scott M. Fischer

    gina.m.maddox@gmail.com

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  18. My favorite book to read is The Gingerbread Man...I've proabably read it 1000 times!

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  19. And I think No T Rex in the Library would be a favorite around here

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  20. I love reading all kinds of things to my kids... hard to choose. When they were little my fav was Big Red Barn. Now that they're older, my favorite is the Harry Potter books.

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  21. Oh how fun! My favorite book is this huge book that's a collection of children's lit. I received it as a gift when I was about 8 or 9. Now I read to my son out of it, our favorite story is the Velveteen Rabbit. {I used to beg my mom to read that story to me over and over again!}

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  22. I think my son would love No T Rex in the Library, due to his current fascination with all things dinosaur!

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  23. The favorite book for my kids is the night before Christmas by Robert Sabuda. He does the most incredible pop-up books, and even though my "kids" are now 16 and 17, they spend hours opening the pages and going back over each of the incredible cutout that Mr. Sabuda does, one by one.

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  24. I think my nephew wuld love No T Rex in the Library.

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  25. Any Dr. Seuss book is great, but my absolute favorite is the sleep book!

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  26. I love "How Does A Dinosaur Say Goodnight". It is fun to make fun voices and noises to go along with the story...makes the kids giggle!

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  27. Purple Kangaroo looks super fun! I think my boys would love it!

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  28. Since it's almost Christmas - our favorite Christmas book (besides the Bible!) is Mortimer's Christmas Manger

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  29. God Gave Us Christmas (part of the God Gave Us...line) Such sweet stories.

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  30. Where the red fern grows was my sons favorite book to read.

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  31. I'd have to say Chaucer's First Winter, since it's our first winter too!

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  32. My favorite book to read to my boys is Clifford the Big Red Dog.

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  33. I think JUMP would be a favorite here! My 2 year old has got that down to a science!

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  34. The Purple Kangaroo looks so cute and exciting!

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  35. My favorite book to read to my one-year old right now is Mr. Brown Can Moo! She loves to repeat all of the sounds Mr. Brown makes.

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  36. Right now we are loving "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein. I forgot how much fun his books are!

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  37. I think Jump! looks like a fun story to read to my daughter. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  38. The Three Billy Goats Gruff is our bedtime favorite. Such fun character voices, and the troll song is a classic!

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  39. I think The Purple Kangaroo looks good!

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  40. My favorite is "Barney Bipple's Magic Dandelions". But my grandsons love any book you read to them

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  41. My nephew LOVED having "Caps for Sale" read to him. My favorite used to be "Ira Sleeps Over."

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  42. My girls love the Narnia series or the Little House on the Prairie series... but any book will do!

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  43. I think my favorite of these five would be "All the World."

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  44. Our favorites in my house are the Little Critter books!

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  45. Chaucer's First Winter would be the book we would like to read most!

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  46. Good Night Moon was my favorite as a child, and hopefully will be my one of my son's (as soon as he finally arrives in the world in March!).

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  47. The Purple Kangaroo would probably be my fave, it looks too cute!

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  48. My favorite one to read is from my childhood, "Are You My Mother?" by PD Eastman.

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  49. I'm thinking "The Purple Kangaroo" might be my fav out of the five. I wouldn't know unless I've read them all. :-)

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  50. Great giveaway! There are so many good books that I like to read to my kids but the one that popped into my head is Where the Wild Things Are.

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  51. Hmmm I looked at all the books and Chaucer's First Winter looks really cute.

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  52. I love the boxcar children series. I also like to read fantasy type books, like about fairies, etc. They are fun for kids & get too weird in the adult genre :)

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  53. Chaucer's First Winter
    Stephen Krensky looks cute

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  54. My kids love for me to read any of the "Bobo" books by Jez Albourough. I love seeing them look at the pictures in wonderment :) They are so charming.

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  55. I think my kids and I will like "Purple Kangaroo." Just looking at the cover lets you know it will be a fun and silly book!

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  56. I like to read Goodnight Moon. It was a favorite when I was young so I enjoy seeing them like the story.

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  57. One of our all time favorite books is "We're Going on a Bear Hunt"...I know it by heart now! Another one is "Jam Berry"...oh how I love children's books! lol

    www.books2bridgemiles.blogspot.com

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  58. We a re big fans of bears and snow so I'd have to say Chaucers first Winter!

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  59. Right now I'm reading Pippi Longstocking to my daughter. She is totally loving it. That's what she's going to be for Halloween next year.

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  60. No T. Rex in the Library would be a hit at my house.

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  61. I like Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
    tcarolinep at gmail dot com

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  62. I'd like Chaucer's First Winter

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  63. Goodnight Moon is one of my many favorites.

    kristisdeals1 at yahoo dot com

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  64. No T-Rex in the Library sounds cute.

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  65. My favorite were always Dr. Seuss.

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  66. All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon looks nice.

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  67. I think The Purple Kangaroo looks cute.

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  68. I love reading Princess Baby by Karen Katz to my little princess :)

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  69. No! David! and Llama Llama Red Pajama...

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  70. My favorite children's book is Charlotte's Web.

    mami2jcn at gmail dot com

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  71. I think my kids would like No T. Rex in the Library.

    mami2jcn at gmail dot com

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  72. My favorite book to read to my children was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!! It was so fun! Now, they read to me!!

    smiloro(at)gmail(dot)com

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  73. I have a tie for my favorite book to read to my kids. The first is The Monster at the End of This Book with Grover from Sesame Street. The second book is The Bedtime Book by Sandra Boynton.

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  74. We love frogs here at my house, so I think that the Jump book might win.

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  75. My favorite book to read to my children is the Little House on the prairie series. My oldest is four and just loves it. To the baby I love to read I love you stinky face!

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  76. I'm pretty sure our favorite book of the ones offered would be Chaucers first winter or all the world.
    dcavw@hotmail.com

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  77. My favorite book to read to kids is "Hunny my Bunny"

    It's so sweet and my children love it.

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  78. The book I like best from their site is "All the World" it sounds very good.

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  79. I loved chicka chicka boom boom.

    Christine
    dazed1821@aol.com

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  80. My youngest is looking forward to Jump.

    Christine
    dazed1821@aol.com

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  81. I love reading to my kids. My of my favorite books to read to them is called "The Big Red Dot."

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  82. They all look like great books ... the one that looks the best to me is "All the World."

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  83. We like anything by Dr. Seuss...I'm kind of partial to One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish:)

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  84. My boys would love No T. Rex in the Library!

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  85. My favorite book to read to my daughter has always been the collections of Shel Silverstien. I love the poems!
    pickleandcupcake@gmail.com

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  86. So hard to pick a favorite! I love books and I especially love reading with my daughter.
    Im going to go with All The World!

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  87. Our tried and true favorite is "Moo Baa La La La" by Sandra Boynton! I know it by heart, and can recite it on command (and I do!)

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  88. "No T.Rex in the Library" will be well read in our house!

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  89. My favorite has to be Are You My Pony? My niece loves it!

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  90. Green Eggs and Ham :) I read so many times to the Daycare Kids I have it memorized. And Kids LOVE to try and remember the story and read it to you!

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  91. I think Chaucer's First Winter would be favorite !

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  92. We like the Fancy Nancy books by Jane O'Connor.

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  93. One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. It is fun to read outloud

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  94. My son used to love Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm.

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  95. I love to read "The Little Blue Truck" to my kids. It's got a great rhythm and rhyme to it, and my kids love talking about all the animals. --Courtney

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  96. I'm going to say "No T-Rex in the Library" would be my kids' favorite. We're due for our third any day now and his name will be Rex, so my kids are all over things with or about "Rex". --Courtney

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  97. I just started reading American Girls with my 8 year old daughter and we enjoy the stories and time together

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